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SPINDLIER
Definition of SPINDLIER
adjective
comparative form of spindly: more spindly
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Word DNA
SPINDLIER inherits its ancestry from its root, SPINDLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,598)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPINDLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPINDLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPINDLIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIILNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPINDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found SPINDLIER?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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